Okay, I am not literally taking on celebrities but I am taking on fame in general. Any time a person gets any teensy bit of fame, they go bonkers and think that the sun rises and sets on them. Obviously not everyone goes over-the-top crazy, but then again how can they help it. They have people following them around all the time taking photographs and are stopped for their autographs or gawked while they walk down the street. And then there are the celebrities who every move, every breath, every moment is captured and watched with scrutinizing detail. It's like the creepy Police song about the stalker watching every breath you take. Honestly I don't give two craps about what some celebrity ate for breakfast or where they hung out last night. Yes, I like looking at the photos of all the pretty people made up at the red carpet events because I wish I constantly had reasons to dress up and look gorgeous like they do. But that's where I draw the line-let private life remain private. Which is why, when I saw this on yahoo's rotation of news stories, I laughed: Digital Death Campaign. The campaign is for a good cause-to raise money for AIDS in Africa-but it is humorous. The premise is, if enough money does not get raised, the celebrities that are participating in the campaign will die a "digital death", so they will no longer tweet, facebook, etc. So...honestly, I wouldn't give money to this particular AIDS campaign for the simple fact that I don't see what is wrong with them not ever posting their private lives again. I mean some celebrities update their statuses hourly, as if someone out there is constantly watching and cares what they do every moment. Especially considering the fact that they complain how the paparazzi constantly dogs them-if you put it out there you are essentially giving the public exactly what you claim you do not want them to know.
I, of course, have a humorous story to follow this up with. I work at a small restaurant in the town I go to college at. I work a couple times a week and we're small enough that there's usually only two or three servers working at a time. Well today an actress from a television show walked in and ate lunch there. I seated her but my coworker served her. I knew who she was, or at least I vaguely remembered her from the show. I mentioned that she was an actress to my coworker after she left and he was like..."No she wasn't...was she?" He had NO IDEA-he had never seen the show before, let alone a commercial for it. Then he followed it up with..."No wonder she acted the way she did." He left her table alone for the most part because he felt she was stuck up and didn't want anyone to bother her. Then he flirted with the older women at the nearby tables and was super friendly to everyone else. He said she must have realized a while in that he had no clue who she was so she pulled a stunner-she pulled her script out. Wow, so you weren't getting enough attention you had to go out of your way so that you make sure that he knows it. He didn't even realize it was a script until she left and I told him who she was but we had a nice laugh about it. If you wanted attention, the restaurant we work at was definitely not the place to come to. Of my coworkers, I was the only one who recognized her and the restaurant usually draws in an older crowd so none of the guests gave her a second look. But who am I to judge? Maybe she really did choose our place because she knew she would probably not be bothered. I'm just glad I wasn't her waitress-I'm too stressed right now with upcoming exams and other stuff to worry about uppity celebrities.
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